Guys, when did our bedrooms become the sad, second-class citizens of the house? The living room gets the design love, the kitchen's stocked with hand-forged knives and IPAs, and the bathroom has the best reading material. Meanwhile, your bedroom is all bare essentials and bad lighting.

We know what you're thinking: Why go crazy if you're just going in there to turn out the lights?

Here's why, and it has nothing to do with impressing women (okay, maybe a little): If you make your bedroom into more than just a room with a bed, it becomes a sanctuary—the place where you go to find a moment's peace, whether that's from a shitty day at work or the house party down the hall. In other words: Give your bedroom a little love and you'll get it all back.